#387aa5

Color #387aa5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 5.58 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#387aa5

RGB

rgb(56, 122, 165)

HSL

hsl(203.7, 49.3%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.7, 66.1%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.1%, 26.1%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(48.85, -7.08, -29.18)

LCH

lch(48.85, 30.03, 256.36)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.0947, 240.11)

HWB

hwb(203.7, 22%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a56338

Analogous

#38a599

#387aa5

#3843a5

Triadic

#387aa5

#a5387a

#7aa538

Split-complementary

#387aa5

#a53843

#a59938

Tetradic

#387aa5

#6338a5

#a56338

#7aa538

Square

#387aa5

#9938a5

#a56338

#43a538

Shades

Color #387aa5 mixed toward black.

#2f6689

#25516e

#1c3d52

#132937

#09141b

Tints

Color #387aa5 mixed toward white.

#4b93c2

#6fa9ce

#93beda

#b7d4e7

#dbe9f3

Tones

Color #387aa5 mixed toward gray.

#41789c

#4a7693

#53748a

#5c7281

#657077

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.5:1

White text reads better on this background (4.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c9c · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#58539a · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#3d9493 · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 18.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #387aa5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#387aa5]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#387aa5 (#387aa5) is rgb(56, 122, 165) in RGB.

No, #387aa5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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